Cover for shipping-receipts



(No Model.)

D. K. HOWE.

GOVEB. FOP. SHIPPING RECEIPTS. No. 399,407". Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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COVER FOR SHIPPING-RECEIPTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,407, dated March 12, 1889.

Application filed April 5, 1888 Serial No. 269,704. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat l, DANIEL Knmqnn ll'own, 3

of Portland, in the county of )lnltnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and Improved Cover for Shippingteceipts, of

receipts and papers where originals. dupli-- Oates, and stubs are kept or may be secured; and the object of my invention is. first, to provide a safe and convenient receptacle for a large number of receipts or paperssuch as shipping receipts, aforesaid-whcre it be comes necessary after giving out the receipts to retain duplicates or stubs, or duplicates and stubs, without the necessity of binding the same between covers, as is usually done, and also where duplicate receipts or stubs, or both, may be saiely and conveniently kept and subsequently filed away.

The second object of my invention is to pro vide a convenient and economical mode of introducing the receipt or other paper into the cover, and in removing the same for filing away a tter the receipts shall have been exhausted; and, thirdly, to so construct said covers as to protect papers contained therein and render it convenient for earryingthem from place to place when desired.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cover complete, with. the lid closed and the handle in position for carrying. Fig. 2 is a similar view, with the cover open, exposing the receipts; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the pad of receipts or others papers contained in the case removed from said case and illustrating a means whereby the pad in ay be hun up if desired.

The casing or pad A is preferably rectangular in shape and of greater length than width, and is provided upon the upper face with a cover, 0, hinged thereto near the upper end,which cover is provided with a catch, E, adapted to engage any suitable lug upon the lower end 01": the casing. In the upper end of the casing at the sides aligning apertures G are produced, into which apertures the spurs ll of a spring-lmil. ll, are introduced, as shown more clearly in Fig. 1, the said spurs being obtained by bending the extremities of the bail l-l inward toward each other and at right angles.

The casing A is adapted to contain a pad, Ii, made up of receipts and stubs or receipts, or stubs only, or any other desired or similar matter, the several leaves of which pad may be bound together at one end by means of staples l, as shown in Fig. 2 The said pad at its upper end is provided with a bail, ll, whereby, when not in use with the casing. it may be hung up.

In operation the lid of the casing A is elevated and the pad It is inserted, the end containing the staples I being placed in the upper end of the casing, and the pad is retained within the casing by means of the spurs H entering the same, as shown in Fig. 3 and in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Thus when it is desired to make an entry upon the pad the cover needonly be elevated and the receipt, if one is to be given, detached and an entry of the same made upon the stub. If no further use is required of the pad, the cover C maybe closed, and by means of the bail B the device may be carried conveniently in any desired direction or to any desired place. \Vhen the receipts, if the pad is a receipt-pad, have been exhausted and it' is desired to file away the stubs or vouchers, the handle B is sprung outward, so as to free the pad from the spurs H, whereupon, by lifting the cover, the said pad may be readily removed.

lVhen the pad K is inserted in the casing, the handle L is bent downward upon the back of the pad, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Thus the handle is not in the way until required for use.

The cover C is supplied with a grooved edge, ill, adapted to fit in a reverse groove, N, in the casing, whereby the cover is held firmly in place and strain removed from the hinge and clasp.

Having thus fully described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a casing adapted 3. The combination, with a casing, A, having a hinged lid, 0, and aligning apertures G, of the pad K, provided with the bail L, and the I 5 spring-bail B, having the inwardly-projecting spurs H, substantially as herein shown and described.

DANIEL KEELER HOWE.

Witnesses: I

BRUCE MEssIm-I, J. E. BOND. 

